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Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time . . .
by Edwards, Richard and M. Hopewell, M. D
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St. Louis: Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress, (1860). First edition. Cloth somewhat rubbed, a few plates just a trifle shaken; a very good copy.. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped gilt pictorial blue cloth, [49]-604, [32] pages, a.e.g. Frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text. Midland Notes 82: "Recounts the activities of the fur-trader, Joseph Philbert (p 298 to 302), and the important Ashley-O'Fallon letters (p 333-336)," the latter of which concern the Arikara war. An extensive and interesting subscription doorstop history of St. Louis, with much information on early settlers and events. Howes E-69; Sabin 21987. This copy with the Gleason Library bookplate on the front pastedown and the characteristic small ink accession number on the verso of the title page, but no other evident library marks. With the publisher's presentation inscription to a Miss Annie Deved of Phillips Port, N. Y. on the form on the verso of the frontispiece, signed in ink by Edwards and dated Oct. 1, 64.
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- Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21215
- Title
- Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time . . .
- Author
- Edwards, Richard and M. Hopewell, M. D
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Publisher
- Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Date Published
- (1860)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Midwest; Americana;
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Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)
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